I have been watching the Steed/Gale episodes for many weeks now. I've noticed that in about 3 episodes so far, Steed has a different dog in his apartment as his pet. He acts affectionately toward it, as if they have been companions for a while. Was it just a little joke the people behind the scenes were playing? Was this ever explained?

And then in the Peel remake of Death of a Great Dane Steed announces:
“Mrs. Peel, I am an Englishman and therefore a dog lover, but I prefer not to have dogs either in my domain or upon my necktie.”_________________The Avengers: a product of the sixties and a timeless piece of sublime art

I have been watching the Steed/Gale episodes for many weeks now. I've noticed that in about 3 episodes so far, Steed has a different dog in his apartment as his pet. He acts affectionately toward it, as if they have been companions for a while. Was it just a little joke the people behind the scenes were playing? Was this ever explained?

Did you watch The Big Thinker,The White Dwarf, Man in the Mirror or Conspiracy of Silence? Then it has to be Sheba.
She was the dog of Mr. Macnee's second wife and obviously he like the pet very much ( and vis versa).
More information:
Steed's dogs

Did you watch The Big Thinker,The White Dwarf, Man in the Mirror or Conspiracy of Silence? Then it has to be Sheba.
She was the dog of Mr. Macnee's second wife and obviously he like the pet very much ( and vis versa).
More information:
Steed's dogs[/quote]

Yes, I've seen all 3 in recent weeks. Thanks for the info in the link.